2005 Women's British Open

The 2005 Women's British Open was held 28–31 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the 29th edition of the Women's British Open, and the fifth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.

2005 Women's British Open

Tournament information
Dates	28–31 July 2005
Location	Southport, England
Course(s)	Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Organized by	Ladies' Golf Union
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,463 yards (5,910 m)[1]
Field	150 players, 70 after cut
Cut	149 (+5)
Prize fund	$1,800,000 €1,499,571
Winner's share	$280,208 €233,440
Champion
Jeong Jang
272 (−16)
Location map
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Jeong Jang led wire-to-wire, winning her first LPGA event and only major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up Sophie Gustafson. Michelle Wie, age 15, tied for third and was the low amateur in her final major before turning professional in the fall.^[2]

Course layout

Main article: Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	418	410	404	175	338	478	155	410	395	3,183	368	358	149	427	163	499	347	497	472	3,280	6,463
Par	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	35	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	5	5	37	72

Source:^[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 28 July 2005

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jeong Jang	68	−4
2	Sophie Gustafson	69	−3
3	Nicole Perrot	70	−2
T4	Moira Dunn	71	−1
	Emilee Klein
	Liselotte Neumann
	Sophie Sandolo
	Kim Williams
T9	Ai Miyazato	72	E
	Linda Wessberg

Second round

Friday, 29 July 2005

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jeong Jang	68-66=134	−10
2	Louise Stahle (a)	73-65=138	−6
3	Cristie Kerr	73-66=139	−5
4	Pat Hurst	75-65=140	−4
T5	Moira Dunn	71-70=141	−3
	Liselotte Neumann	71-70=141
	Karrie Webb	75-66=141
T8	Sophie Gustafson	69-73=142	−2
	Juli Inkster	74-68=142
	Young Kim	74-68=142
	Nicole Perrot	70-72=142
	Annika Sörenstam	73-69=142
	Michelle Wie (a)	73-69=142

Amateurs: Stahle (−6), Wie (−2), Ciganda (+1), Queen (+16).

Third round

Saturday, 30 July 2005

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jeong Jang	68-66-69=203	−13
T2	Cristie Kerr	73-66-69=208	−8
	Annika Sörenstam	73-69-66=208
T4	Paula Creamer	75-69-65=209	−7
	Sophie Gustafson	69-73-67=209
	Young Kim	74-68-67=209
	Liselotte Neumann	71-70-68=209
	Michelle Wie (a)	75-67-67=209
T10	Pat Hurst	75-65-70=210	−6
	Juli Inkster	74-68-68=210
	Carin Koch	76-68-66=210
	Karen Stupples	74-72-65=210
	Karrie Webb	75-66-69=210

Final round

Sunday, 31 July 2005

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jeong Jang	68-66-69-69=272	−16	280,028
2	Sophie Gustafson	69-73-67-67=276	−12	175,130
T3	Young Kim	74-68-67-69=278	−10	122,591
	Michelle Wie (a)	75-67-67-69=278		0
T5	Cristie Kerr	73-66-69-71=279	−9	81,144
	Liselotte Neumann	71-70-68-70=279
	Annika Sörenstam	73-69-66-71=279
T8	Natalie Gulbis	76-70-68-66=280	−8	58,669
	Grace Park	77-68-67-68=280
	Louise Stahle (a)	73-65-73-69=280		0

(a) denotes amateur

Amateurs: Wie (−10), Stahle (−8), Ciganda (+2)

Source:^[3]

References

1. "Course Statistics: 2005 Weetabix Women's British Open". Ladies Golf Union. 31 July 2005. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
2. "Jang wins first LPGA event". ESPN. Associated Press. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
3. "Golf: Weetabix Women's British Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1 August 2005. p. D-14. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

External links

• Ladies European Tour: 2005 Weetabix Women's British Open results
• LPGA: 2005 Women's British Open results

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